Pen and pencil box



- I W. J. BARGEN ET AL PEN'AND PENCIL BOX File'd August 28, 1925JNVENTOJS y Williafivjiflrennaiu 6 ,ii' 1 g I g ATTORNEY.

Patented May 4, 1926.

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WILLIAM J. :BARGEN, or WAU EGAN," ILLINbISQAND witIIiA-M a BRENNAN, or

MISSOULA,

MONT-ANA.

Application med au ustes 192's. SeriaFNii: 53,698?

To all 107mm it may concern Be it known thatwe, VVILLIAMJ; BARGEN andWILLIAM "R; BRENNAN; citizens of the .United States, residing atVlauhegan inthe" county otLake and State OfIlllllO1S5'2tI1Cl' Missoula,in the county' of Missoulaan'd State" of Montana, have invented" certainnew" and useful Improvements in Pen and Pencil Bones, of which thefollowing is a specification;

This inventio' n relates" to furniture; 3 such as a combined desk andseat for use in school and lecture rooms; and is a continuation "in parto'ffoui" applicatlon" filed' Octoiber 29,1924, Seria'l'Nuniber 7 %;066,and "has" tionally sec-ure'the pen and penoil'box from accidentaldisplacement.

Further object'sof the invention are" to provide, in a manner ashereinafter set "forth, a desk body having asan element th'ereo'f' a penand'pencilboxwhioh issine-- ple in" its construction and arrangementstrong; durable, thoroughly efiicient and convenieii'tinfit'suse,readily assembled, and comparatively inexpensive I to manufacture.

lVit'li thet'oregoin'g andother' objects in View, the invention-consistsof the novel of parts, as hereinafter more specifically described andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinis shown an embodimentof the invention, but it is'to be under stoodthat changes, variationsand modifi cations oan beresdrted to which coinewithin the scope of theclain'is'her'eunto appended.-

In the drawings" wherein like reference characters denote throughout thevseveral v1ews:.

Figure 1 is a side elevation,- partly inseotion and broken away of acombined desk and seat ofthe adjustable typ e yandshowingthede'skforined with a'pen' and pencil corresponding" parts Referring tothe-drawings in detail, 1 de notes a pedestal having adjustably connected therewith a desk supporting" standard 2 and." seatbracket3. Thepedestal 1 is provided' with any suitablein'e'an's for verticallyadjusting and-- securing the standard and bra-cket'iiradjustedpo'sition; The standard 2 c-arries'a supporting bracket 4,adapted to be secured to "a desk or bo'olebox.

The desk-or book box is generally referred tofby the reference character5', andflconiprises a bodji': portion tobe hereinafter de scribed, a topmember 6' anda fro ntwall 7, which areconiiected -to the bodyportion.

The body portion'o'f the desk or teen boy is constructed "from a singlelength er sheet" meta-l which is bent to provide a bottom 8 and T sp nsof side walls *9, 10. The forward and rear edges of 'each of the sidewalls ex tei l upwardly" and rearwardly" at an inclirration-and each ofthe sidev walls preferabl'y slidably' decreases" height froin-the'forward to therearedge thereof. Ihetop' of'eaoh of the sidewalls isflanged for sup porting and connecting the top mien'ibe'i' 5 tothe-"body portion; andas shown; the

said sidewallsand are indicated at 11; 12.

Tlieup'per" face of the botton'i 8; between thelongit'udinal' median ofthe desk or book box and the wall 10; has secured thereto a jshallowlnv'erted, channe'l-shap'e'd member construction; co'n'ibin'ation" andarrangementof-sheet metal constituting are tainer for theP611"filKhPGhOllbOi, and SitlddhGnlbeF oo1nand a flange16extending;lengthwise 0f the side wall 14 and disposedat right anglesthereto "at the bottom thereof. Theretainer further providesin con'nection'with' the bot tour as compartment- 17; open at each end.Whentheretainer is setup 'the wall 15 thereof abuts againstone oftheside walls of the body portion, as shown thelower'p'ortion of theinner face of the walllO. The flange 16 andsidewall 15 areseouredresp'ectively in: any suitable Ina-nne'r' to thebottom 8" andsidewall 10 otf'the body portion. "Phe' retainer extends fromthe rearedge orthe bottom 8 to" a point in 'olose'p'rox' iniity" to the forwardedge" of the" latter; The top13' of, the retainer, inpi'oxil'nity to its'reafrend', isifor ned witlianopening 18, and" further )rovided atitsreai" end,"cen trally thereo with a segment-shaped notoli 19 topermit of" the convenient withdrawalof the pen and pencil box to bepresently referred to, from the compartment 17.

As shown, the front 2 of the desk or book box 5 is formed with a pair ofinwardly extending flanges 20, which are secured to the inner faces ofthe walls 9, 10 of the body portion at the forward end thereof, and theretainer member, when secured in position, abuts against one of theflanges 20. See Figure 2.

The pen and pencil box is formed from a shallow receptacle, permanentlyopen at its top and the width of the receptacle is such as tofrictionally engage the inner face of the walls '14, 15, whereby thereceptacle will be prevented from accidental displacement. Thereceptacle is constructed from a rectangular sheet of metallic material,of the desired width, and said sheet is bent to form anintermediateporti'on 21 and a pair of vertically disposed end portions22, 23. The end portions 22, 23 are of a height slightly less than theheight of the compartment 17. The intermediate portion 21 provides thebottom of the pen and pencil box. and the egd portions 22, 23 form theend walls there- 0 Arrangedbetween the end portions 22, 23 and flushwith one of the end edges thereof is a flanged strip 24, which seats onthe intermediate portion 21 and is of a height to be flush with the topedges of the end portions 22, 23. The flanges of the strip 2d areindicated at 25, 26, and which extend inwardly and are secured to theinner faces of the end portions 22, 23, by hold-fast devices 27.

Arranged between the end portions 22 and 23 and flush with the other endedges thereof, is a flanged strip 28, which is seated on theintermediate portion 21 and is flush with the top edges of the endportions 22, 23. The flanges of the strip 28 are indicated at 29, 30,and which extend inwardly and are secured to the inner faces of the endportions 22, 23, by the hold-fast devices 31.

Mounted on the intermediate portion 21 and of a length to abut the innerfaces of the end portions 22, 23, is a partition member referred togenerally by the reference character 32, and whichis L-shaped in crosssection. The vertical leg of the member 32 is indicated at 33, and thehorizontal leg at 34:, and which seats on the intermediate portion 21.The vertical leg 33 is lush with the top edges of the end portions 2223. The

member 32 is formed with end flanges 35,,

which extend towards the-flanges 25 and 26 and are secured to the endportions 22, 23, by the hold-fast devices 36. The body portion of themember 32 is positioned between The top 13 of the retainer member, atits forward end, has depending therefrom a flange 39 of a heightmaterially less than the height of the compartment 17, and said flangeacts as a stop when the pen and pencil box is shifted into thecompartment 17. The pen and pencil box is of a length to extend from theflange 39 to the rear edge of prising an inverted, shallow,channel-shaped member for seating upon the upper face of the bottom ofthe box horizontally thereof and adapted to have one side thereofsecured to the inner face of one side wall of the box and its other sideformed with a lengthwise extending outwardly projecting rightangularlydisposed flange adapted to be secured to the upper face of such bottom,said member having the top thereof at its inner end formed with adepending, vertically disposed flange spaced from the upper face of suchbottom, and an open top receptacle slidably mounted in said member andadapt ed to be supported'by the upper face of such bottom and furtherhaving its inward movement arrested by saidfiange.

2. A pen and pencil box attachment for school desk boxes of the openrear type, comprising an inverted, shallow, channel-shaped member forseating upon the upper face of the bottom of the box horizontallythereof and adapted to have one side thereof secured to the inner faceof one sidewall of the box and its other side formed with a lengthwiseextending outwardly projecting right-angularly disposed flange adaptedto be secured to the upper face of such bottom, said member having thetop thereof at its inner end formed with a depending, verticallydisposed flange spaced from the upper face of such bottom, an open topreceptacle slidably mounted in said member and -adapted to be supportedby the upper face of such bottom and further having its inward movementarrested by said flange, and said member having the outer end of its topformed with a segment-shaped notch to facilitate the withdrawal of thereceptacle.

In testimony whereof, we affix our signatures hereto.

' WILLIAM R. BRENNAN. WILLIAM J. BARGEN.

